Ivan Stepanovich Martynushkin (Russian: Иван Степанович Мартынушкин; born 18 January 1924) is a Russian World War II veteran and the last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp, after the death of David Dushman in 2021.

[1] Martynushkin was born on 18 January 1924[a][2] in the village of Poshchupovo [ru], Ryazan Governorate.

On 27 January 1945 at the age of 21, Martynushkin was among the first Soviet soldiers who liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp.

... After being in such a hell, constantly threatened by death, they were worn, depleted people.

I felt compassion and pity understanding how these people's fate unfolded.